One of my clients called a few days ago to ask if she & her friend Katie could come by to watch me paint. Katie and I had met at an earlier visit so I knew she was really interested in art.I thought it would be more fun for all of us if Katie did her own painting. Instead of just watching me. I showed her some stuff like how to mix and apply the paint. She picked out an image to work from and in a short time this is what Katie came up with.YOU ROX GIRL!

While Katie painted we listened to music, she likes Lady Gaga & The Black Eyed Peas (cool)! Mostly we had fun and talked about girl stuff.

I have no idea how many paintings I've done from this park call The Sheep Pasture. Its a great place to hike, ride your horse & walk your dog. I make sure I get there every time I go to Massachusetts. No matter what time of year it is I find something beautiful that catches my eye. Many of you have seen similar images but with snow on the ground, or in summer with vivid green grasses One of the wonders of nature is that it is always changing.

I started this painting on location, while the the sun was setting in anticipation of the rising full moon. Before I could finish the weather became so cold and windy I had to pack it up and finish the painting in my studio.

I was able to finish by memory, a good exercise to try from time to time.

It's a lovely day in St Michaels and I had a chanceto paint this nice sail boat moored in a cove atthe public park near my friend Paulette's house where I am staying.Here's an image with my set-up with my subject.

I actually had the opportunity to steer & dock the 30"sail boat (similar to this one) the previous day while sailing with my friends .sail on

I've been in the Charleston area since August the ninth.This is an area with beautiful waterways and marshes.Here's a sunset painting I did looking toward the city of Charleston.I've had the pleasure of visiting several times and grow to love it more with each time.

12x16" oil on panelThis is a location i have painted many times and to me, it never looks the same.An artist can paint the same image every day in natural light and it would at least look slightly different each time.A landscape changes with the season but the light can add just as dramatic a change as the changing season.Never hesitate to paint the same subject again and again,

8x10" oil on panelThis is The Gazebo from my childhood home in New England.It is constructed of field stone and concrete with cast glass andporcelain objects embedded into the columns and the roof base.I spent countless hours at play in there. My sisters and I evenslept in it during the summer months. Its a very magical little building.

11x14 oil pastel on paperThis is a little demonstration I did during my last one day workshop at the Peninsula Fine Art Center In Newport News, VA.My objective was to demonstrate blocking in by simplifying the composition, maintaining color values and while layering color.

8x10 oil on panelI did this little studio painting from a photo taken last winter on one of my New England trips.On a hot summer day I find it refreshing to paint a winter scene with snow.In this painting I paid close attention to the shifting colors of the shadowy snow.